Geographic Coordinate System
A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system used in
geography that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a
set of numbers, letters or symbols.[n 1] The coordinates are often
chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position,
and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position
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Statistics SwedenStatisticsStatistics Sweden (Swedish: Statistiska centralbyrån, [1]SCB) is the
Swedish government agency responsible for producing official
statistics regarding Sweden. National statistics in Sweden date back
to 1686 when the parishes of the
Church of SwedenChurch of Sweden were ordered to
start keeping records on the population. SCB's predecessor, the
Tabellverket ("office of tables"), was set up in 1749, and the current
name was adopted in 1858.
As of 2015[update], the agency had approximately 1,350 employees
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Urban Areas In Sweden
An urban area or tätort (literally: "dense locality") in
SwedenSweden has a
minimum of 200 inhabitants and may be a city, town or larger
village.[1] It is a purely statistical concept, not defined by any
municipal or county boundaries.[2][3] Urban areas referred to as
cities or towns (Swedish: stad for both terms) for statistical
purposes have a minimum of 10,000 inhabitants.[4] In 2010, there were
1,956 urban areas in Sweden, covering 85% of the Swedish
population.[3]
Urban areaUrban area is a common English translation of the Swedish term
tätort. The official term in English used by Statistics
SwedenSweden is,
however, "locality" (Swedish: ort)
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Country
A country is a region that is identified as a distinct national entity
in political geography. A country may be an independent sovereign
state or one that is occupied by another state, as a non-sovereign or
formerly sovereign political division, or a geographic region
associated with sets of previously independent or differently
associated people with distinct political characteristics
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Time Zone
A time zone is a region of the globe that observes a uniform standard
time for legal, commercial, and social purposes.
TimeTime zones tend to
follow the boundaries of countries and their subdivisions because it
is convenient for areas in close commercial or other communication to
keep the same time.
Most of the time zones on land are offset from Coordinated Universal
TimeTime (UTC) by a whole number of hours (
UTC−12UTC−12 to UTC+14), but a few
zones are offset by 30 or 45 minutes (e.g. Newfoundland Standard Time
is UTC−03:30,
NepalNepal Standard
TimeTime is UTC+05:45, and Indian Standard
TimeTime is UTC+05:30).
Some higher latitude and temperate zone countries use daylight saving
time for part of the year, typically by adjusting local clock time by
an hour
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Municipalities Of Sweden
The municipalities of Sweden (Swedish: Sveriges kommuner) are its
lower-level local government entities. There are 290 municipalities
which are responsible for a large proportion of local services,
including schools, emergency services and physical planning.Contents1 Foundation
2 History
3 Geographical boundaries3.1 Sub-division4 Duties
5 See also
6 References
7 External linksFoundation[edit]
The Local Government Act of 1991 specifies several responsibilities
for the municipalities, and provides outlines for local government,
such as the process for electing the municipal assembly. It also
regulates a process (laglighetsprövning, "legality trial") through
which any citizen can appeal the decisions of a local government to a
county court.
Municipal government in Sweden is similar to city commission
government and cabinet-style council government
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Counties Of Sweden
The counties of
SwedenSweden (Swedish: Sveriges län) are the top-level
geographic subdivisions of Sweden.
SwedenSweden is today divided into 21
counties; however, the numbers of counties has varied over time, due
to territorial gains/losses and to divisions and/or mergers of
existing counties. This level of administrative unit was first
established in the 1634 Instrument of Government on Lord Chancellor
Count Axel Oxenstierna's initiative, and superseded the historical
provinces of
SwedenSweden (Swedish: landskap) in order to introduce a more
efficient administration of the realm. At that time, they were what
the translation of län into English literally means: fiefdoms
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